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Suffrutex sarmentosus, vix 1 m. altus (ex Kerr) ; rami quad- 

 rangulares, virides, cito glabri ; ramuli quadrangulares, angulis 

 setulis rigidis instructi. Folia ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata; 

 apice acutiuscula, mucronata, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, 

 1-3 cm. longa, 0*7-1 *4 cm. lata, chartacea, supra costa marginesque 

 versus setulosa, subtus costa nervisque setulosa, nervis lateraljbus 

 utrinque 4-5 intra marginem arcuatis supra plerumque conspicuil 

 subtus prominentibus, breviter petiolata ; stipulae anguste deltoideae, 

 acutae, ad 1 mm. longae, dor so carinatae. Flos c? circiter 2 mm. 

 diametro. Discus staminaque generis. Flos Q 4*5 mm. diametro. 

 Sepala 6, subrhomboidea, apice rotundata, apiculata, 2*25 mm. lata. 

 Styli 0*5 mm. longi. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 457, in part. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 

 1788. 



Sauropus similis, Craib, var. microphylla, Craib, var. nov., foliis 

 minoribus a S. simili vero recedit. — S. similis, Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, 

 p. 457, in part. Phyllanthus parvifolius, Hosseus, ii. p. 407, non 

 Ham. 



Wang Djao, 100 m., Hosseus, 48. 



This collection of Hosseus is but poorly represented in Herb. 

 Kew. It differs from S. similis somewhat in habit as well as the 

 smaller leaves. 



Glochidion assamicum, Hook./., F.B.I., v. p. 319. 

 Meh Ping, Chieng Dao, 420 m., Kerr, 1056. 

 Distr. India, Burma, Assam. 



Glochidion coccineum, Muell.-Arg. — F.B.I., v. p. 308 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 342. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in deciduous jungle, 300-450 m.,Kerr, 739. 

 Distr. Burma. 



Glochidion BMom,Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 344 ; F.B.I.,v.p.320. 

 G. Hohenackeri, Hosseus, ii. p. 405, non Bedd. 



Lakon, Hooey Meh Tan, 420 m., Kerr, 1016 ; Chiengmai, Doi 

 Sootep, 660-1000 m., Kerr, (? 1281), 1723, Hosseus, 431. 



Distr. Sikkim, Yunnan, Burma. 



Lao name, M'Kai (ex Kerr). 



Glochidion Kerrii, Craib, ab affini G. villicaule, Hook, f., stylo 

 longiore tenuiore altius bifido recedit. 



Arbuscula circiter 6 m. alta (ex Kerr) ; ramuli juventute densius 

 albido vel ferrugineo-hirsuti, mox glabri ; rami cortice cinereo vel 

 rubro-cinereo lenticellato obtecti. Folia lanceolata vel ovato- 

 lanceolata, apice acuta, basi parum inaequalia, obtusa vel rotundata, 

 1-6*5 cm. longa, 0*8-2*8 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra costa 

 parce hirsuta, cetera subglabra, subtus, costa nervisque praecipue, 

 pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 supra conspicuis vel maturis 

 leviter impressis subtus prominentibus nervis transversis paucis 

 subtus subprominulis ; petioli breves, indumento ut ramuli. 

 Flores c? pedicellis 8 mm. longis pilis paucis patulis instructis 

 suffulti. Sepala 3 exteriora elliptica, apice obtusa, 1*75 mm. 

 longa, 1 mm. lata, indumento dorso ut pedicelli, interiora late 

 oblanceolata, 1*75 mm. longa, 0*75 mm. lata, fere glabra. Stamina 



